CLAS-240 Baths

29 March 2018

Here I am, surrounded by all kinds of noise (my lodgings overlook a bath-house)…I hear the grunts of musclemen exercising and jerking those heavy weights around; they are working hard, or pretending to. I hear their sharp hissing when they release their pent breath. If there happens to be a lazy fellow content with a simple massage I hear the slap of hand on shoulder; you can tell whether it’s hitting a flat or a hollow. If a ball-player comes up and starts calling out his score, I’m done for. Add to this the racket of a cocky bastard, a thief caught in the act, and a fellow who likes the sound of his own voice in the bath, plus those who plunge into the pool with a huge splash of water. Besides those who just have loud voices, imagine the skinny armpit-hair plucker whose cries are shrill so as to draw people’s attention and never stop except when he’s doing his job and making someone else shriek for him. Now add the mingled cries of the drink peddler and the sellers of sausages, pastries, and hot fare, each hawking his own wares with his own particular peal.

Seneca Letter 56.1-2

Aqueduct/water-supply plan: Building an aqueduct
Aqueduct/water-supply plan: Building an aqueduct
“Aqua Claudia,” aqueduct/water-supply architecture: in background, tomb of baker M. Vergilius Eurysaces; from Travertine Piazza di Porta Maggiore, Rome, made of stone (Imperial period, dated to 1st c. AD- 50-60 AD)
“Aqua Claudia,” aqueduct/water-supply architecture: in background, tomb of baker M. Vergilius Eurysaces; from Travertine Piazza di Porta Maggiore, Rome, made of stone (Imperial period, dated to 1st c. AD- 50-60 AD)
Aqueduct/water-supply architecture: Granite blocks fitted together without mortar. max. H: 95’, length: 2/5 mile; from Segovia, made of stone (Imperial period, dated to 1st quarter 2nd c. AD)
Aqueduct/water-supply architecture: Granite blocks fitted together without mortar. max. H: 95’, length: 2/5 mile; from Segovia, made of stone (Imperial period, dated to 1st quarter 2nd c. AD)
“Porta Praenestina,” gate architecture: 2 monumental arches that carried the Aqua Claudia and the Anio Novus over the Via Praenestina and the Via Labicana incorporated into the city wall; from Rome (Aurelian period)
“Porta Praenestina,” gate architecture: 2 monumental arches that carried the Aqua Claudia and the Anio Novus over the Via Praenestina and the Via Labicana incorporated into the city wall; from Rome (Aurelian period)
Drawing Reconstruction of Gates to channel water into pipes
Drawing Reconstruction of Gates to channel water into pipes
“Stabian Baths,” baths/thermae plan: b. private baths; c. latrine; d. changing room; e. tepidarium; f. calidarium; g. heating plant; h. frigidarium; k. pool; of Pompeii (Republican period, dated to 2nd c. BC (remodeling))
“Stabian Baths,” baths/thermae plan: b. private baths; c. latrine; d. changing room; e. tepidarium; f. calidarium; g. heating plant; h. frigidarium; k. pool; of Pompeii (Republican period, dated to 2nd c. BC (remodeling))
Baths/thermae plan: Overview
Baths/thermae plan: Overview
Baths/thermae architecture: Section
Baths/thermae architecture: Section
3-D Model Reconstruction of baths/thermae architecture: Baths of Trajan; from Rome (Imperial period)
3-D Model Reconstruction of baths/thermae architecture: Baths of Trajan; from Rome (Imperial period)
Baths/thermae architecture: Baths of Trajan (Imperial period)
Baths/thermae architecture: Baths of Trajan (Imperial period)
“Hadrian’s Baths,” baths/thermae plan: a. open-air swimming bath; b. frigidarium; c. plunge baths; d-e. tepidarium; f. calidarium; g. hot rooms; h. funaces; j. latrines; of Lepcis Magna (Hadrianic period, dated to AD 126-7)
“Hadrian’s Baths,” baths/thermae plan: a. open-air swimming bath; b. frigidarium; c. plunge baths; d-e. tepidarium; f. calidarium; g. hot rooms; h. funaces; j. latrines; of Lepcis Magna (Hadrianic period, dated to AD 126-7)
3-D Model Reconstruction of baths/thermae architecture: Baths of Diocletian reconstruction; from Rome (Roman period)
3-D Model Reconstruction of baths/thermae architecture: Baths of Diocletian reconstruction; from Rome (Roman period)
Baths/thermae view of site: Baths of Diocletian (dated to 298-306 AD)
Baths/thermae view of site: Baths of Diocletian (dated to 298-306 AD)
Baths/thermae architecture: Baths of Diocletian now; from Rome (Roman period)
Baths/thermae architecture: Baths of Diocletian now; from Rome (Roman period)
Baths/thermae architecture: Air Photograph of the baths of Diocletian (Imperial period)
Baths/thermae architecture: Air Photograph of the baths of Diocletian (Imperial period)
3-D Model Reconstruction of baths/thermae architecture: Baths of Caracalla
3-D Model Reconstruction of baths/thermae architecture: Baths of Caracalla
Baths/thermae architecture: Baths of Caracalla; from Rome (Roman period)
Baths/thermae architecture: Baths of Caracalla; from Rome (Roman period)
Architecture: The central hall; converted into the church of St. Maria degli Angeli; from Baths of Diocletian, Rome (Imperial period)
Architecture: The central hall; converted into the church of St. Maria degli Angeli; from Baths of Diocletian, Rome (Imperial period)
“Basilica of Maxentius,” basilica architecture, from Roman Forum (Constantinian period)
“Basilica of Maxentius,” basilica architecture, from Roman Forum (Constantinian period)
Drawing of “Basilica of Maxentius,” architecture: Completed by Constantine after 313. Reconstruction. Concrete faced with brick. Int. column decor. not supportive; from Rome, made of brick (dated to 307 AD)
Drawing of “Basilica of Maxentius,” architecture: Completed by Constantine after 313. Reconstruction. Concrete faced with brick. Int. column decor. not supportive; from Rome, made of brick (dated to 307 AD)
Drawing Reconstruction of “Basilica of Maxentius,” architecture: as modified by Constantine (after reconstruction by C. Hulsen); from Rome (dated to 307- AD)
Drawing Reconstruction of “Basilica of Maxentius,” architecture: as modified by Constantine (after reconstruction by C. Hulsen); from Rome (dated to 307- AD)
3-D Model Reconstruction of “Basilica of Maxentius,” basilica architecture, from Roman Forum (Constantinian period)
3-D Model Reconstruction of “Basilica of Maxentius,” basilica architecture, from Roman Forum (Constantinian period)
City/town plan: Public buildings; of Pompeii
City/town plan: Public buildings; of Pompeii